Job Tittle: IT Engineer IV Duration: 6 Months (Contract to Hire) Location: Glendale, Phoenix, AZ (Open for Remote Candidates)
Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Linux Administrator to join our Operations Team. The Linux Administrator needs to have a deep and broad knowledge of computer software, hardware, and networks and will be responsible for designing, organizing, modifying, and supporting our systems.
Essential Responsibilities:
Linux systems implementation
Full IT system lifecycle administration from installation to decommissioning of systems in both physical data center and cloud
Perform end to end management of on-premise and cloud based Linux systems
Responsible for ensuring uptime of critical business systems and infrastructure through monitoring and timely remediation of critical infrastructure issues
Measurement, optimization, and tuning of system performance and ensuring that systems will run reliably and are highly available in a 24/7 production environment
Proactively monitor the health and utilization of systems
Install, harden and patch Linux operating systems
Plan, coordinate, and execute installation of new releases and upgrades of hardware/software
Develop automation with Ansible, bash, python, or related technologies
Serve on a rotating 24/7 on-call support team
Embrace Infrastructure-as-Code
Support incident management resolution and root cause analysis
Assist in defining and designing system specifications and procedures
Ensures adherence to all regulatory compliance processes and requirements
Support security audits, accreditation, and certification processes
Partner with GRC teams to lead deployment of secure and compliant systems and services on-prem and in the cloud
Partner with application teams to understand performance and capacity requirements of solutions and services
Create procedure documentation and develop SOPs and run books
Update existing documentation and identify and draft new documentation where appropriate
Stay up to date on best practices involving Linux based systems and recommend changes to keep systems and infrastructure secure and robust
What would make us excited about you?
Information Systems, Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree or equivalent experience
Intimate and extensive knowledge of Linux Administration and Engineering
4+ years of hands-on IT systems or relevant experience in a commercial production environment
4+ years of experience in Linux Administration
4+ years of experience troubleshooting skills in a multi-user high availability environment.
Working knowledge of RedHat Satellite
Experience with Veritas Infoscale preferred.
Experience with compliance and patch management tools like Tanium & Qualys
Familiar with DevOps toolchain, i.e. BitBucket, JIRA, Jenkins Pipeline
Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work alternative coverage schedules.
Strong initiative and passionate about learning new technologies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
AWS configuration, deployment and support experience
Exposure to distributed systems networking concepts & protocols
Experience with monitoring tools
Fundamental Understanding of Networking & Security
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About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation. At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $75.00/hr.
